It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

In Anglo-Saxon architecture, Roman stone meets a timber way of thinking: stone becomes articulated into the Saxon timber-centric world view. I suppose, in this way, it is also a memory as well as a material. Here at All Saints', Earls Barton. 📸 my own.

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.

I don't like the death squads

slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums

every Jewish Studies colleague I know who had an NEH grant saw their funding cut earlier this year. now we know where the money went: to the far-right, "western-civilization"-worshipping Tikvah Institute to promote their vision of "Jewish Civilization" as a foundation stone of "the West"

All the Russiagate stuff was real, Trump just successfully covered it up

Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

ever wondered about what ranking officers in the us civil war were like? good news. there's not that many types of them. here you go

This happens often by the way. It's not an isolated incident.

The loss of access to old Looney Tunes cartoons is a tragedy for culture. How else are kids going to find out about Peter Lorre

Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)

in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

The state-backed exploitation of New York’s “social equity” cannabis retailers in the name of justice is shocking and a stain on state leadership — starting with Gov. Hochul, but the legislature needs to take responsibility too to help fix the mess it helped create. www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/27/c...

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what's all this then

I want to say something to prove I'm not a bot but I had to call my husband over to solve the CAPTCHA to make my account